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Virtual internship

Eight weeks for the animals of your town.

Real work, done where you live. Care for a shelter's animals, build a feeding circle on your street, learn the law that protects them, and bring your town onto the Rapid Response network. PFA mentors you every week.

ApplySee the twelve tasks
  • 8 weeksFrom home and your own town
  • 12 tasksEach signed off by your mentor
  • 6 to 8 hoursA week, when it suits you
  • FreeNo fee of any kind
A golden puppy sitting on a garden path with a flower in its mouth
A black and white cat with green eyes, its paws over a bamboo rail

The work

Twelve tasks, each with a target.

Your mentor signs each one off when the proof is in. Open any task to see how it works.

  1. 01

    20hours

    Work at a local shelter

    Hands-on care at a shelter near you, through all eight weeks.

    How it works
    • Cleaning, feeding, walking and socialising animals
    • Helping the vet on treatment days
    • Signed off by the shelter or the nearest PFA unit
  2. 02

    3feeders

    Build a feeding circle

    Animals come to depend on whoever feeds them, so a feeding spot must never stop when the internship does.

    How it works
    • Join a feeder already at work, or start a spot with two neighbours who commit to it
    • A shared rota, so no day is missed when someone is ill or away
    • Clean bowls, clean water, never plastic left behind
    • Before week 8, a written handover: who feeds on which day, and who steps in
  3. 03

    10reels

    Make reels that change minds

    Short videos on adoption, sterilisation, the law and your own shelter work.

    How it works
    • Posted publicly, with PFA tagged
    • No graphic injury footage: show care, not cruelty
    • Ideas and scripts shared in the Saturday session
  4. 04

    100people

    Bring your town onto the RRT

    Grow the Rapid Response network in your district.

    How it works
    • Your own referral code counts each person
    • Neighbours, college friends, feeders, local vets
    • Everyone you bring can be reached when an animal needs help
  5. 05

    4laws

    Learn the law

    Know what protects animals, and how to use it.

    How it works
    • Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
    • The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
    • The ABC Rules, 2023, and the right to feed community animals
    • A short online test to finish
  6. 06

    5dogs

    Sterilise and vaccinate

    Get five community dogs sterilised and vaccinated against rabies.

    How it works
    • Work with the municipality or the local ABC centre
    • Help catch, transport and return them to the same street
    • Hand them to your feeding circle, so next year's rabies shot is not missed
  7. 07

    2homes

    Find homes

    Help two animals from a shelter or the street find a family.

    How it works
    • Good photographs and an honest description
    • Meet the family and see the home
    • A follow-up visit, then your feeding circle keeps in touch
  8. 08

    1case

    Report cruelty the right way

    Learn to file a complaint or police report that holds.

    How it works
    • Record what you saw: date, time, place, photographs
    • File it with PFA guiding you, step by step
    • Never confront anyone yourself
  9. 09

    1talk

    Give one talk

    At a school, college or housing society, on kindness and the law.

    How it works
    • A ready deck and talking points from PFA
    • Twenty minutes, then questions
    • A photograph and the number of people who came
  10. 10

    1district

    Map your district

    Every vet, shelter, feeder, ABC centre and ambulance near you.

    How it works
    • Names, numbers and hours, checked by a call
    • It goes into the PFA help directory
    • The next person who needs help finds it faster
  11. 11

    1module

    Animal first aid

    What to do in the first minutes, until help arrives.

    How it works
    • Approaching a frightened or injured animal safely
    • Bleeding, heat stroke and road accidents
    • When to call, and whom
  12. 12

    1story

    Write your story

    One real story from your eight weeks, for the PFA site.

    How it works
    • An animal you met, a person who changed, a street that changed
    • Four to six hundred words, with photographs
    • The best are published on the PFA site

Week by week

How the eight weeks go.

Each week has a focus, so the work builds. Feeding and shelter hours run the whole way through, and the feeding goes on after week 8.

  1. The law and your shelterLearn the laws, take the test, choose your shelter, find your feeding spot.
  2. First hoursShelter hours begin. First aid. Your first two reels.
  3. Know your districtMap every vet, shelter and feeder. Start the RRT drive.
  4. Sterilise and vaccinateFive dogs booked with the ABC centre. Midway review.
  5. HomesAnimals posted for adoption, families met. Reels five to seven.
  6. Speak upYour talk. Reporting a cruelty case, step by step.
  7. Close outShelter hours done, 100 on the RRT, the feeding rota handed over.
  8. Your storyWrite it up, final review, and the certificate.
Two small dogs running together down a sunlit country path
A sample, as it would read if you began today. The real one carries its own certificate number.

At the end

A certificate, earned.

It is given when all twelve sign-offs are in, and the feeding circle is handed over. Those who go well past the targets are invited to lead the next batch in their state, or to join a PFA unit.

Apply

Four quick steps.

Who is applying?

Where do you live?

Your internship happens here: your shelter, your street, your district.

Why do you want to do this?

Before you send it.

Good to know

Open what you need.

Who can apply?

Anyone in India aged 18 or over, and those aged 16 or 17 with a parent's written consent. Students, working people, homemakers. No experience with animals is needed.

How much time does it take?

About 6 to 8 hours a week for eight weeks, when it suits you inside each week. One online session every Saturday with your mentor; it is recorded if you miss it.

What happens to the animals I feed after week 8?

They keep being fed. Animals that rely on one person suffer when that person stops, so the feeding task is to build a circle of at least three people who share the spot, with a written rota, before you finish. Your mentor checks on the spot a month later, and the certificate is not given until the handover is in.

How is the work checked?
  • Shelter hours signed off by the shelter or the nearest PFA unit.
  • A feeding log with dated photos, the names of the circle and the rota.
  • Links to your ten reels.
  • Your own RRT referral code, so every person you bring is counted.
  • The online law test.
  • A short weekly log, read by your mentor, with a reply.
The safety rules
  • Never handle an aggressive or badly injured animal without a trained person there.
  • Never confront anyone you suspect of cruelty. Report it, step back, and let PFA guide you.
  • Shelter work only at shelters PFA knows and has checked.
  • Interns under 18 work only with a parent's consent and never alone at night.
Is there a shelter near me?

Very likely. In week 1 your mentor helps you find one PFA knows, using the PFA units directory. If there is none within reach, your hours go to a feeding and first aid round with a local rescuer PFA trusts.

What is the RRT?

The Rapid Response network: people in each district who help one another when an animal needs help. You bring people from your town onto it with your own referral code.

Is it paid? Is there a fee?

Neither. It is free to join and unpaid. What you take away is the work you did, the people you met, and the certificate.

An animal needs help today.

Do not wait. Call the nearest PFA unit, and see first aid while help comes.